I find it difficult because they get it from me. I can't very well tell them off for it. I do try, but it comes out every now and then. Actually DS hasn't said anything like that in quite a while, but DD has started. It's a good reminder to watch my mouth I guess.
I've tended to ignore it or redirect to a similar sounding word, also. Not sure how to handle as they get older, though.
As toddlers I'd ignore it. Usually they're mimicking you and dont understand what they are saying.
Tbh my kids hear quite a bit of swearing and have never sworn. I've always Told them they're adult words and they're allowed to say them once they turn 18. I'm expecting each one of them to come out with a string of profanity on their 18th birthday.
Mine get it from me also. I have a pretty shocking potty mouth. I do behave around other peoples kids though!
DD1 would copy & I can't remember exactly how it worked, but I know that by the time she was 3 she was telling us off for using naughty words. DD2 just never really picked up on it.
DS on the other hand has always thought it amusing to stir me up by using them BUT he never says them in general. Only to stir me & usually in a whisper with a grin on his face, or he might yell them out when fighting with the girls. Because he knows its going to get a reaction out of the girls I ignore if he's stirring, but I will pull him up when he's fighting with the girls.
DD3 has just started to say sh*t if one of us drops something I ignore it for now. She doesn't say it all the time & she'll forget it soon enough.
Considering I had an ex who thought it was hilarious to get the kids to say curse words & TOLD them to tell me to 'get effed' I think I've done darn well. I don't allow my kids to say stupid or idiot either. They find enough ways to put each other down without those words. Another thing DD1 picked up on from her father that I'm still struggling to deal with.
I'm a shocking swearer, DS has picked up the F word and the S word, when I first heard him say it, I did the big over reaction thing and a very firm "DO NOT say that word!" then wnt on to explain that its not a nice word and mummy and daddy shouldnt be saying it either.
In saying that I have tried to curb my language a bit in front of him, using creative add in "fudge" "flippy flop" sugar...etc...
now he tells me off if he hears me swear, he grabs my hand and looks at me with a big frown, "dont say that word mummy!!!" ahh kiddies...
Vic had a phase of "ohh *****" - and used it in context (fluke) in front of MIL, when he dropped his sippy cup and turned around and said oh Sh**
i changed the poo word for "shoot" or sharr (star) and he stopped it in a bout a week.
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I can't very well tell them off for it. I do try, but it comes out every now and then. Actually DS hasn't said anything like that in quite a while, but DD has started. It's a good reminder to watch my mouth I guess.
BUT he never says them in general. Only to stir me & usually in a whisper with a grin on his face, or he might yell them out when fighting with the girls. Because he knows its going to get a reaction out of the girls
I ignore it for now. She doesn't say it all the time & she'll forget it soon enough.
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